We spent the first three days in Myrtle Beach with Justin's family. Then we drove (3.5 hours) down to Bluffton to hang out with my parents, Rachel, Joanna and her family. During that time we also celebrated Lena's (Joanna's daughter) first birthday. We spent three days at the house and headed back to MB for what's becoming our annual New Year's Eve party with the Konkel family.
Here are some of the highlights of Brooks' first Christmas. I now need to buy a "toy" basket because Brooks received enough gifts to entertain him for at least three months. This is Brooks with Dad and then playing at his activity center Christmas morning.
The next day we went out to a restaurant for dinner where Brooks drank from a cup for the first time. This was quite surprising b/c he tried to grab Justin's glass and lick the side of it which seemed normal, but then he tried to hold the glass and drink from it. He seemed so proud afterwords.
In Bluffton, Brooks had the chance to actually open some presents. I thought for sure he wouldn't be interested in it only because I figured he wouldn't "know" how to open them. It turns out he really enjoyed it... or at least trying to eat the wrapping paper.
We also celebrated Lena's first birthday in Bluffton. I think Brooks might have had more fun than Lena. Ha, ha. We bought some pink and white streamers to hang in the kitchen and we decorated Lena's chair. Joanna also bought some tiara's which she, Rachel, Joseph and Brooks wore. Brooks looked so cute in his pink crown. Lena opened presents, we sang and then most of us ate some cake. Again, Brooks loved every minute.
A couple more things Brooks picked up over the holidays.... he can sit, say "mama" and do the Indian call when prompted.Finally, Brooks can crawl. It's not pretty and I'm not sure you can classify it as a true crawl, but he can certainly get from one side of the room to another with no problems. I call it the "inch worm."
(I've tried to add video of his Indian call and crawling, but it won't process. :( I'll try again later)
